Surname Fabić in modern Croatia

Fabić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog and Zagreb. In Mesići in Podrinje (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Fabić.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Fabić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (40), Zagreb (20), Kotoriba in Prelog area (10), Gorica Svetojanska (<10), and in Veleniki (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Switzerland (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Fabić (including: Fabic , Fabich , Fabick , Fabiche and Fabics ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Fabic " is used by some 3000 people in the Philippines and about 100 in the United States. "Fabich " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 200 in Poland , and some 200 people in the United States. "Fabick " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Dean Fabić, Stjepan Fabić, Goran Fabić, Zvonimir Fabić, Ivanka Fabić, Zdenko Fabić, Vjekoslav Fabić, Alen Fabić, Siniša Fabić, Margareta Fabić, Josip Fabić, Anto Fabić, Antun Fabić, Draženka Fabić, Vladimir Fabić, Đuro Fabić, Emilija Fabić, Nenad Fabić, Hrvoje Fabić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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